Like an artist’s palette, the Robot StudioPalette provides a clean, well-organized location containing only the necessary items used to build the current automation. The Palette always occupies the left side of the screen.

The Palette has two containers:

• Globals container: Controls that are global in nature, such as Office connectors or sensitive-data locks. Global items can be used throughout the project. Robot Studio automatically places global items in the Globals folder.
• Locals container: Controls that are local in nature, such as variables or workflow items.

To add an item to the Palette: drag the control from the Toolbox to the Automation Surface.

To select properties, methods, and events for a control: drag the control from the Palette to the Automation Surface. When the Select Action dialog box opens, click the More menu to see the available properties, methods, and events for that control. For more information about properties, methods, and events, see Properties, methods, and events.

The following figure shows the Select Action dialog with properties, methods, and events displayed.

Use the checkboxes to select multiple properties for a control. You can only add one method or event at a time.